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Financing for High-Growth Ventures

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MGT-201: Introduction to entrepreneurship

This course provides an introduction to the field of entrepreneurship, in particular the process of new venture creation and the commercialization of technologies. It integrates theories of entrepreneurship with a practical, process-based project, where st ...

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This lecture covers the complexities of financing high-growth ventures, discussing the capital needs of different types of businesses, cash-flow projections, and various sources of finance such as friends, family, banks, business angels, and venture capital. It also delves into the investment process of venture capital funds, the importance of team structure, and the criteria VCs consider when making investment decisions.

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Administrative & Editorial Positions 2017- Vice President for Innovation at EPFL 2013- Deputy & Associate Editor: Academy of Management Journal (AMJ 2009-2016 Director of the MTE Master Program at EPFL 2000-2005 Manager of the LMU Entrepreneurship Center Academic Positions 10/2005 - present Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Assistant Professor (2005-2008), Associate Professor (2008-2010), Full Professor (since 2011) 9/2004 -12/2004 Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Visiting Scholar 9/2000 - 9/2005 University of Munich (LMU), Munich School of Management Habilitand Vice-Director of the Institute for Innovation Research, Technology Management and Entrepreneurship (Director: Prof. Dietmar Harhoff, Ph.D.) Manager of the ODEON Center for Entrepreneurship 1/1999 -12/1999 Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Visiting Scholar 10/1995-12/1998 University of St. Gallen, HSG Research Assistant, Ph.D. candidate Degrees and Nominations 4/2005 University of Munich (LMU), Munich School of Management Venia Legendi for Management (Habilitation) 10/2000 University of St. Gallen, HSG Ph.D. in Management 10/1995 University of St. Gallen, HSG Master in Business Administration (lic. oec. HSG)

Eva Maria Weissenböck

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Venture capital

Venture capital (commonly abbreviated as VC) is a form of private equity financing that is provided by venture capital firms or funds to startups, early-stage, and emerging companies that have been deemed to have high growth potential or which have demonstrated high growth (in terms of number of employees, annual revenue, scale of operations, etc). Venture capital firms or funds invest in these early-stage companies in exchange for equity, or an ownership stake.

Venture capital financing

Venture capital financing is a type of funding by venture capital. It is private equity capital that can be provided at various stages or funding rounds. Common funding rounds include early-stage seed funding in high-potential, growth companies (startup companies) and growth funding (also referred to as series A). Funding is provided in the interest of generating a return on investment or ROI through an eventual exit through a share sale to an investment body, another trading company or to the general public via an Initial public offering (IPO).

Startup company

A startup or start-up is a company or project undertaken by an entrepreneur to seek, develop, and validate a scalable business model. While entrepreneurship includes all new businesses, including self-employment and businesses that do not intend to go public, startups are new businesses that intend to grow large beyond the solo founder. At the beginning, startups face high uncertainty and have high rates of failure, but a minority of them do go on to become successful and influential.

Cash flow forecasting

Cash flow forecasting is the process of obtaining an estimate of a company's future financial position; the cash flow forecast is typically based on anticipated payments and receivables. There are two types of cash flow forecasting methodologies in general: Direct cash forecasting Indirect cash forecasting. Financial forecastCash management and Treasury management#Cash and Liquidity Management Cash flow forecasting is an element of financial management.

Discounted cash flow

The discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis, in finance, is a method used to value a security, project, company, or asset, that incorporates the time value of money. Discounted cash flow analysis is widely used in investment finance, real estate development, corporate financial management, and patent valuation. Used in industry as early as the 1700s or 1800s, it was widely discussed in financial economics in the 1960s, and U.S. courts began employing the concept in the 1980s and 1990s.

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